Data Center Services Analyst – China
S&P Global
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Beijing • China
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About the role
- Own market research from signal to story: Track, analyze, and publish research on China data center services and infrastructure—translating complex developments into clear, decision-ready insights for global clients.
- Build and protect data integrity: Maintain and enhance a proprietary data center database, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely updates across markets, cities, operators, and capacity indicators.
- Deliver country- and city-level intelligence: Provide qualitative and quantitative analysis on trends, constraints, and opportunities—covering topics like supply pipelines, demand drivers, pricing signals, and ecosystem maturity.
- Follow the forces reshaping the sector: Monitor and explain the impact of energy management, sustainability, AI/IoT workloads, cloud services adoption, and government regulation on datacenter strategy and investment.
- Engage the market directly: Conduct outreach and interviews with operators, investors, cloud service providers, vendors, and enterprise buyers to validate findings and uncover what’s happening between the lines.
- Power client engagements: Support consulting projects by gathering evidence, pressure-testing assumptions, and producing crisp deliverables that help clients make confident decisions.
- Bring insights to life: Contribute to webinars, briefings, and conferences—helping shape external messaging and building your presence as an emerging regional datacenter expert.
- Collaborate across a global research engine: Partner with colleagues across research, data, and commercial teams to align coverage priorities and continuously improve how we serve clients.
- Stay ahead of Chinese market dynamics: Maintain fluency in market and industry developments to anticipate customer needs and proactively surface new opportunities.
Requirements
- 3+ years of relevant work experience; research, analysis, consulting, journalism, market intelligence, or a related field (datacenter exposure is a plus)
- Fluent English and Mandarin (required); additional language capability is strongly valued for market coverage and relationship building.
- Undergraduate or graduate degree, either a writing/communications degree or liberal arts degree with an interest in technology, or a technical degree (math, science, engineering, MIS, IT) with a minor in writing.
- Excellent written and analytical skills.
- Ability/willingness to travel.
Benefits
- Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
- Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
- Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
- Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
- Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in-class benefits for families.
- Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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